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Japanese Grand Prix 2012

Round 15 of 20  · 7 October 2012  · Suzuka  · 53 laps

Fastest Lap Sebastian Vettel 1:35.774 (lap 52)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 VET Sebastian Vettel FL GS Red Bull 1 1:28:56.242 25
2 MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 10 +20.639 18
3 KOB Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 3 +24.538 15
4 BUT Jenson Button McLaren 8 +25.098 12
5 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 9 +46.490 10
6 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 7 +50.424 8
7 HUL Nico Hülkenberg Force India 15 +51.159 6
8 MAL Pastor Maldonado Williams 12 +52.364 4
9 WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 2 +54.675 2
10 RIC Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 14 +1:06.919 1
11 MSC Michael Schumacher Mercedes 23 +1:07.769
12 DIR Paul di Resta Force India 11 +1:23.460
13 VER Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 19 +1:28.645
14 SEN Bruno Senna Williams 16 +1:28.709
15 KOV Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 17 +1 lap
16 GLO Timo Glock Marussia 18 +1 lap
17 PET Vitaly Petrov Caterham 22 +1 lap
18 DLR Pedro de la Rosa HRT 20 +1 lap
19 GRO Romain Grosjean Lotus 4 Gearbox
DNF PIC Charles Pic Marussia 21 Engine
DNF KAR Narain Karthikeyan HRT 24 Vibrations
DNF PER Sergio Pérez Sauber 5 Spun off
DNF ALO Fernando Alonso Ferrari 6 Collision
DNF ROS Nico Rosberg Mercedes 13 Collision

Qualifying — Q1 / Q2 / Q3 knockout

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 VET Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:32.608 1:31.501 1:30.839
2 WEB Mark Webber Red Bull 1:32.951 1:31.950 1:31.090
3 BUT Jenson Button McLaren 1:33.077 1:31.772 1:31.290
4 KOB Kamui Kobayashi Sauber 1:32.042 1:31.886 1:31.700
5 GRO Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:32.029 1:31.988 1:31.898
6 PER Sergio Pérez Sauber 1:32.147 1:32.169 1:32.022
7 ALO Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:32.459 1:31.833 1:32.114
8 RAI Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:32.221 1:31.826 1:32.208
9 HAM Lewis Hamilton McLaren 1:33.061 1:32.121 1:32.327
10 HUL Nico Hülkenberg Force India 1:32.828 1:32.272
11 MAS Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:32.946 1:32.293
12 DIR Paul di Resta Force India 1:32.898 1:32.327
13 MSC Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1:33.349 1:32.469
14 MAL Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:32.834 1:32.512
15 ROS Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:33.015 1:32.625
16 RIC Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso 1:33.059 1:32.954
17 VER Jean-Éric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:33.370 1:33.368
18 SEN Bruno Senna Williams 1:33.405
19 KOV Heikki Kovalainen Caterham 1:34.657
20 GLO Timo Glock Marussia 1:35.213
21 DLR Pedro de la Rosa HRT 1:35.385
22 PIC Charles Pic Marussia 1:35.429
23 PET Vitaly Petrov Caterham 1:35.432
24 KAR Narain Karthikeyan HRT 1:36.734